diff --git a/api/src/jsons/npcs.json b/api/src/jsons/npcs.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a58401f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/jsons/npcs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "1": {
+    "name": "Comerciante de Armas",
+    "npcType": 10,
+    "idHead": 1,
+    "idBody": 1,
+    "movement": 0,
+    "objs": [
+      { "item": 1, "cant": 50 },
+      { "item": 2, "cant": 50 }
+    ],
+    "drop": []
+  },
+  "2": {
+    "name": "Sacerdote",
+    "npcType": 2,
+    "idHead": 2,
+    "idBody": 2,
+    "movement": 0,
+    "objs": [],
+    "drop": []
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api/src/lib/gameData.ts b/api/src/lib/gameData.ts
index d1f123c9..02ef995b 100644
--- a/api/src/lib/gameData.ts
+++ b/api/src/lib/gameData.ts
@@ -250,12 +250,18 @@ export function loadSeedNpcsJson(): Array<{
     data: GameNpcRecordData;
 }> {
     const filePath = resolveSeedJsonPath("npcs.json", "npcs.compact.json");
+    if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+        return [];
+    }
     return loadNpcsJsonFromFile(filePath);
 }
 
 export function loadNpcsJsonFromFile(
     filePath: string,
 ): Array<{ id: number; data: GameNpcRecordData }> {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+        return [];
+    }
     const raw = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8")) as NpcsById;
     return Object.entries(raw)
         .map(([id, data]) => ({ id: Number(id), data: normalizeNpcData(data) }))